After Guo Bingxun's words fell, Yang Zhen nodded and said, "What the chief of staff said is not wrong, these are all things that we must improve." However, not only these, but also some other, even fatal shortcomings in future battles, the chief of staff did not say. ”

Yang Zhen glanced at Li Yanping and Wang Guangyu, who were immersed in recording, and sighed and said: "To be honest, in this sortie, except for the two battles of Wei'an Mountain and Weihe County, we didn't take much advantage. Even in the final battle, we defeated two Japanese puppet armies, not so much because we were strong in combat or well commanded, but because we were too lucky. ”

"If the Japanese puppet army that attacked from three ways in the First World War firmly implemented its tactics step by step and squeezed us into their preset ambush circle tactics step by step, you can think about it, what awaits us under the circumstances at that time?"

"Although I don't know why the Japanese puppet army in the middle of the three routes adopted the tactics of the other two Japanese puppet armies, and went against the norm when the strength did not occupy an absolute advantage, they gave us the opportunity to change the environment we are in."

"If it weren't for the fact that the Japanese puppet army in the middle of the road was advancing alone, with our combat effectiveness at that time, and the conditions that we were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of troops, equipment and even training at that time, to be honest, I don't know what to do? Under the continuous squeeze of the three-way superior Japanese puppet army, without any circumstances along the way, even if we know that there are ghosts in it, we are afraid that we can only drill into the devil ambush circle. ”

"Fortunately, we seized this opportunity to die and survive, adopted a roundabout tactic, attacked from the flank, and took advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese puppet army to devote all its forces to the attack, and in one fell swoop defeated the Japanese puppet army in the middle and turned the situation around.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese puppet army in the middle was defeated, and the remaining two Japanese puppet armies were eager to close the encirclement, Tongguò mobile ambush successively defeated one of them, completely turning the tide of the battle. That's why I say that our ability to achieve successive victories was a bit of a fluke, not that our combat effectiveness really surpassed that of the Japanese puppet army. ”

"The two successive battles in Tongguò have revealed that our training needs to be greatly strengthened. The chief of staff and deputy chief of staff Wang commanded two fully staffed infantry companies, which had an advantage in the terrain and were not at a disadvantage in local firepower, but they held off the Japanese puppet army for four hours at the cost of casualties. ”

"It's not that there's something wrong with your command, it's that the training of the troops really needs to be strengthened. In commanding these two blocking battles, you have completely followed the arrangements made in advance and have commanded in a proper manner. I didn't feel like there was anything wrong with it. Why did you pay so many casualties when there was no fault with the command? That can only show that our troops still have problems in training, and at least their basic skills are not solid. ”

"During the battle, most of our fighters did not have the tactical movements in place and would not hide from the artillery fire. The shooting was so-so, and the situation of Lang Fei ammunition was severe. The tactical coordination ability of the teams and teams is poor, and the command of the grassroots commanders is not in place. Many people don't even know how to build basic fortifications, and only use natural bunkers. These are our fatal problems. Normally, it doesn't seem like much of a deal, but when it comes to the battlefield, it's all fatal. ”

"Just as the chief of staff said, two heavy machine guns, with relatively sufficient ammunition, can't suppress a light machine gun of the devil. What does this mean? It can only show that we still have shortcomings in training. ”

"We can't use the excuse that most of the fighters have only been trained for a month and a half before they attack. Some people will say that it is good to be able to get to this point in just a month and a half of training. I say that this is irresponsible for the lives of the fighters. We, as commanders, have the right to order the fighters to die, but we do not have the right to order the fighters to die in vain. ”

"I have decided that from now until the beginning of spring next year, as long as the devils do not discover that we are hiding here and do not launch an encirclement and suppression of us, we will not have any combat missions, and all the time will be spent on training."

"We got a lot of grain from Weihe County, and now we have enough reserves on hand to last half a year. With these food reserves, as well as a sufficient amount of winter clothing, we don't have to go out of the mountains, except for sending a small number of scouts. ”

"As I said, I want to build an invincible iron army, not an army built on the sand that a big Lang can sweep away. I'm going to repeat that now. Not only should it be repeated, but it should also be added: only by sweating more in peacetime can there be less bloodshed in wartime. ”

Yang Zhen's words fell, and several people were a little stunned by his decision. It's already October, and there are still nearly four months to go until the beginning of spring next year. In other words, Yang Zhen's decision is to prepare to spend half a year on training, which is almost inconceivable for the Anti-Japanese Federation, which has been surrounded and suppressed by the Japanese puppet army all day long, and has become a commonplace in the past year.

Looking at the few people who were stunned and staring at him, Yang Zhen sighed lightly and said, "It's not that I'm holding it up, and it's not that I'm passively avoiding the battle." In fact, this is also an inevitable choice in desperation. Do you remember the military column that Li Mingrui blew up east of the Wei River? The column was loaded with the Japanese Fourth Division, which had just arrived in the northeast. ”

"Don't think that this is a normal rotation of the Japanese army, but that the Japanese army is increasing the strength of the Kwantung Army. What unit of the Japanese army is the 4th Division? It was the first batch of divisions formed after the Meiji Restoration and the creation of a new army in imitation of Europe and the United States. Its staffing, weapons and equipment are definitely elite. ”

"Now that the little devils are launching a full-scale war of aggression against China, elite veteran divisions like the second and fourth divisions are not transferred to the Guannai to participate in the war, but are placed in this relatively calm northeast, and under the fierce fighting in the Guannai, they would rather form a new batch of ad hoc divisions, don't you say this is strange?"

"Actually, it's not strange. Since the little devils launched a full-scale war of aggression against China, the strategic position of Northeast China, as its main resources, especially coal and iron ore, has been increasing day by day. It can be said that without this kind of resource in the Northeast, which now seems to be free for its near future, the little devils would not be able to fight the war of aggression against China at all. ”

"In order to protect the Northeast, the main supplier of most of the strategic resources needed by its industry, especially the army, as well as the dumping ground of commodities, the little devils will not fail to mobilize heavy troops when it launches a full-scale war of aggression against China."

"Long before the September 18 incident, the little devils, especially the military department, had already threatened that the so-called Manchurian and Mongolian were the lifeline of Japan. This is true in peacetime, and the strategic position of the Northeast in wartime is even more important. ”

"This year, the little devils not only increased the establishment of the army under the Kwantung Army, but also continued to expand its troops. In less than a year, compared to last year, the strength of the Kwantung Army has almost doubled. The number of divisions and regiments under its jurisdiction has been expanded from five at the end of last year to eight at present. And they are constantly expanding their forces. ”

"Unlike the Kannai Dispatch Army, which is constantly forming new divisions, almost all of the newly transferred to the Kwantung Army are the old A divisions of the Japanese army. Neither combat effectiveness nor equipment can be compared with those ad hoc divisions or mixed brigades. ”

"With the continuous expansion of its Kwantung Army, the situation we will face in the future will be even more severe. Because we have to deal with not only the ever-expanding Japanese Kwantung Army, but also more than 100,000 puppet Manchu troops, as well as a large number of miscellaneous police forces called the Forest Police, the Railway Road Protection Police, and its so-called Self-Defense Regiment. And the combat effectiveness of these puppet armies, especially the elite combat effectiveness among them, is considered medium even compared with the national army. ”

"In the battle of the Jing'an Army, the reason why I refused was not only because the troops were extremely tired from continuous combat, and the ammunition they carried had been consumed. One of the most crucial reasons is the combat effectiveness of the Jing'an Army itself. ”

"Although the Jing'an army has fallen into chaos under the sudden artillery fire of our army. But this confusion is also relative. Although the battle formation of its main force was chaotic for a certain time, it was chaotic but not collapsed, and its combat effectiveness was not completely lost. Under such circumstances, once our troops are out of the cover of artillery fire, it is very likely that they will be entangled in them. If they do, they will be a tough opponent for us. ”

"The number of the Japanese puppet army is constantly expanding, and its weapons and equipment are difficult for us to match. And our combat effectiveness is incomparable. Don't talk about the Japanese army, that is, the elite of the puppet Manchu army, we are far inferior. The difference in quantity is too great, if the quality is far inferior to others, except for being eaten by the Japanese puppet army in the end, I can't think of what kind of ending we will have. ”

"Under the current increasingly severe situation, a qualitative change must take place in the combat effectiveness of our troops. Only by destroying the enemy can we save ourselves. If we can't eliminate the devils on the battlefield and protect ourselves, but are eliminated by the devils, what else can we talk about saving China and liberating the whole northeast? ”

"We not only try our best to gain time to reorganize and train our troops, but we also select a group of cadres with a good work style and brave combat to form a group of rack troops. Once you have the opportunity, you can expand your troops as quickly as possible. The shape we are about to face will become more and more severe, and we will not be able to expand our troops. ”

"Not only that, but according to the original predetermined plan, all squad leaders will be trained as cadres, and soldiers will be trained as squad leaders. We must not only train our current troops into a unit with a tenacious work style and excellent military skills, but also regard them as the skeleton for future expansion, so that once they are flesh and blood, they will be able to form a fighting force immediately. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen opened the map and said: "We are now in the depths of the primeval forest of Zhangguangcailing, the mountains are high and the terrain is extremely complex, there are both cliffs and cliffs, and there are deep valleys and steep slopes, which is the most prominent high mountains and mountains in the Heilongjiang region. And we are surrounded by primeval forests that cover the sky and the sun, and are basically uninhabited. ”

"Here is connected with Lao Ye Ling and Wanda Mountain in the east, and Changbai Mountain in the south, which can be attacked and defended. Although it is difficult to replenish, it is better to hide the terrain. Moreover, we have enough food in our hands to last half a year, and ammunition is enough for training. In just three to five months, I am confident that I will be able to train an iron army. ”

Yang Zhen's words fell, and several people, except for Guo Bingxun, Li Yanping and Wang Guangyu all fell into deep thought. Guo Bingxun was born in the military, and he came back from studying abroad, so he is not very sensitive to politics. He still agrees with Yang Zhen's proposal to suspend the dispatch and strive for three to five months for training.

However, for people like Li Yanping and Wang Guangyu, who were born as cadres of the Anti-Japanese Federation, they are hidden in the deep mountains and old forests, have no communication with the outside world, and do not know anything about the shape of the Anti-Japanese Federation, but they are unacceptable.

Especially now, when the Japanese puppet army is mobilizing a large number of troops to carry out a large-scale sweep in the Xiajiang area, which is the main area of activity of the Confrontation Alliance, it is really difficult for them to accept that they have hid in the deep mountains and old forests and cut off contact with the general headquarters.

Although they also knew that Yang Zhen had won successive battles, even if he could not bring back all the Japanese puppet troops concentrated in the Xiajiang area, he would at least attract some of his troops to return. Although it cannot completely improve the predicament of the anti-United Nations, at least it will greatly reduce the pressure on the anti-United Nations. It's just that if he withdraws like this and disappears without a trace, will the Japanese army re-confront the United Heavy Forces?

may have seen the hesitation of Li Yanping and Wang Guangyu, but Yang Zhen shook his head but didn't say anything. He read the information in his later life, in the winter of 38, although the Anti-Japanese Federation was difficult, its vitality was greatly damaged, and most of it lost its combat effectiveness, but the main force persisted through the strategic transfer.

The most difficult moment faced by the Anti-Japanese Federation was in the 39th year. It was also in this year that the Second Route Army and the Third Route Army of the Anti-Japanese Union operating in the North Manchurian region were defeated one after another, the First Route Army suffered heavy losses, and the remaining remnants of the various divisions were forced to retreat into the Soviet Union one after another.

Although Yang Zhen does not know very well about the cruelty of the environment that the Anti-Japanese Federation will face in this upcoming winter, he has also seen a lot of information in later generations. But Yang Zhen knew that if a unit that lacked training, suffered many casualties in the previous period of actual combat, and did not have much guerrilla experience to fight continuously, this could only be sent to the door.

Just looking at Li Yanping and Wang Guangyu, who were a little worried, Yang Zhen hesitated for a while and said: "In this way, political commissar and Lao Wang, you should select a few capable and reliable people from the original Fourth Army troops, lead a capable team, bring a radio station, and go to the Xiajiang area to find the commander-in-chief." If found, bring him and the General Headquarters here to rest. ”

If the commander-in-chief refuses to come and insists on staying in the Xiajiang area, then we will communicate with each other through the Guò radio station. Once the Second Route Army needs us to attack, how about we go all out to rescue? But now, we need to rest, we need to train. ”

When Li Yanping heard Yang Zhen's decision, he was silent for a while but said with a wry smile: "Commander, you can make this decision, and I thank you on behalf of the commander-in-chief." It's just a plan to ask the commander-in-chief to come to Ning'an to rest and recuperate, I'm afraid it's impossible.

"Don't talk about others, even if I go, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the commander-in-chief. The Second Route Army of the Anti-Japanese Union is not only a Fourth Army, but also other troops. The Fourth Army was completely annihilated in the Western Expedition, but the Fifth Army rushed out. Moreover, we still have troops left behind in the Xiajiang area. The three most combat-effective divisions of the Fifth Army are still active in the Xiajiang area. The Seventh Army and the Ninth Army are still insisting on the Xiajiang area, they are still insisting on fighting, and the commander-in-chief will not come here. ”

"None of the anti-coalition forces have radio stations, and they mainly rely on traffic officers to communicate with each other. Ning'an is still far away from the place where the Second Route Army operates, and it is difficult for the commander-in-chief to command the rest of the troops of the Second Route Army here. As long as the rest of the troops held out for a day, the commander-in-chief would not come. ”

After listening to Li Yanping's words, Yang Zhen shook his head and didn't speak for a long time. After a long time, Yang Zhen said: "Then I have to go, and not only to go, but also to select the best newspaper operator." Even if the commander-in-chief does not come, it is much more convenient for us to cooperate with each other in combat with the radio as a means of communication. ”

Yang Zhen's voice fell, and Li Yanping was about to answer, when the door of the wooden flute that temporarily served as a conference room for the meeting was suddenly knocked open, and the report of Li Mingrui, who was serving as a guard outside the conference room, interrupted the conversation of several people: "Commander, political commissar, a few planes of devils came up in the sky just now, I don't know if they found something, and they have been hovering over our heads. For the sake of safety, it is better for you to come out and hide for a while. ”